Fluorite with Quartz

Elongated cubic Fluorite crystals, all roughly aligned with one corner pointing vertically, form a gentle mound of stepped, semi-parallel crystals. The Fluorite is almost completely coated by a sub-mm thick, yet pervasive, opaque film of micro-sucrosic Quartz crystals, masking the Fluorite in a creamy-white layer occasionally tinged burnt tan. The colour of the Fluorite can be best seen on the specimen’s base, this being an almost colourless pale yellowish-green. From Erika mine by the village of Säulnhof, Stulln, in the Wölsendorf Fluorite Mining District of Bavaria, Germany.